Gio. 
P. Of the fruit and profit of Sets, 
full of Bees, lightly are fat, and therefore Worth the taking ; 
hut they are alfo good for {tore, vnlelfe the frequent Honi- 
dewes haue made them oucr fat. But thofe of that age which 
haue caft twice (except they were very forward and had beat 
away their Drones betimes) are not likely to * continue; 
and therefore are to be taken. 
* If you would haae any liicb to ftand an other yeere, and not to bee 
weakened by hislatecaftlin§;putitbackexntotheffockeagaine.».r.j.».ii. 
n. 
Likewifc all poore fwarmes vnworthy to be fed,?/. and all ij j 
light flocks whofe flocks are decayed w. For they will furely Kc.8.n,6. iv„* 
die. Neither is itfafe to truft any after they haue flood flue v * 
yeeres : vnlcireitbefomefpeciallkindeof Bees, which call 
often, and yet beating away their Drones betimes, doeflill 
kcepe themfelues in heart. For fuchfhaue kept nine or ten 
yeeres ; and I haue heard of lomeof a greater age. Moreouer, VI, 
all flails of three yeeres old and vpward,thathauemiftfwar- 
jning two yeeres together: and efpecially thofe, that hauing 
lyen forth the fummer before , did not caft this laft fummer: 
forfuch doefeldom after profper. It is therefore better to 
take them now while they are good, than in a vaine hope of 
increafc, to kcepe them till they perifli. Likewifeifyou haue VII.' 
any that are very fat and full of Honie, (as fomeyeeresfomc 
will be, euendownetotheStoole) thofe are ripe and ready 
to yeeld their fruit. One fuch is worth three or foure. Take 
them therefore in their feafon : For wantingroome to breed 
in (their Cells being full of Honie) they will decay by little 
and little, and confume to nothing. And therefore , as in VIII, 
a wet hungry yeere you muA keepe the bcftjfo in a drie y eere, 
rich and plencifull in Honie-dewes, the worft are like to 
proue beft for ftore. 
But generally take the beft,and the worft. In medio virt us. j x. 
And euer fufpeft thofe that rid not their Drones in time , y. a. X. 
Alfo thofe which the Robbers doe eagerly aflault, v. f'.c.j.n.jo. XI, 
and if their Combes bee once broken , v. delay not their v, c. 7 , n ^6, 
taking. 
Hauingmade choice of your Stall to be taken , fome two 4, 
©r three houres before * Sun-fet dig a hole in the ground, Th Manner tf 
asneerctheStooleas may bee, about eight or nine inches Etei ‘ 
T 3 deepe. 
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